味

Meaning

Taste, flavor · sabor, gusto

Readings

• On (音読み): ミ
• Kun (訓読み): あじ・あじ.わう

Example words

• 味（あじ）— taste; flavor
• 意味（いみ）— meaning
• 趣味（しゅみ）— hobby

Structure

Radical 口 (くち・くちへん · Mouth) · 8 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

Spanish gusto covers flavor and liking; Japanese splits them: 味 (flavor), 趣味 (hobby; also good taste: 趣味がいい), 興味 (interest). 興味がある = tener interés — the thing takes が, like 好き. 意味 (meaning) has no flavor in it. Mouth (口) + 未 (not yet, short top bar), not 末 (end, long top bar).